Food Play (Hardcover)

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Product Description

In 1996 Joost Elffers and Saxton Freymann introduced Play With Your Food, a groundbreaking collection of photographs featuring playfully carved fruits and vegetables. With more than a million copies sold and an award-winning series under their belts, the pair have proven the old adage wrong—you really should play with your food. Now, for the first time, Food Play compiles more than 300 of the very best images from a decade of astonishingly imaginative publishing. This compact collection will surprise and delight both fans of the series, and newcomers to the enchanting world of Food Play.

About the Author

Joost Elffers and Saxton Freymann are the creative forces behind the Play With Your Food series. Mr. Freymann, artist for the series, is also a successful photographer and writer. He lives in New York. Mr. Elffers, originator of the series, is a creative producer and packager of books. He lives in New York.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 4-8
  
• Hardcover: 320 pages
• Publisher: Chronicle Books (November 23, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0811857050
• ISBN-13: 978-0811857055
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 6.1 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #111,975 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Outstanding creativity, January 15, 2007

By	Jon Hunt "musician, teacher" (Old Greenwich, Ct. USA) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

"Food Play", the new book by Saxton Freymann and Joost Ellfers, presents a look at fruits and vegetables in a way that many have never quite seen them before. Who ever knew these tasty treats had a side life full of a range of emotions? From frightening pumpkins to silly scallions, prepare to laugh out loud from page one right to the end.

I was delighted to have read the original "Play With Your Food" when it was published a few years ago but this new offering takes fruit and vegetable recreation (or better yet, "re-creation") to a new level. We're treated to a pear dog holding a squash umbrella with an asparagus handle and a French poodle made completely out of cauliflower....right down to the dog bone. Yet it is the action figures that really stand out. An embarrased mushroom shows shock when he catapults his fellow mushroom off its seesaw seat...the seesaw itself being a stalk of rhubarb. And two strawberries, approaching one another somewhat amorously, end up kissing. It's enough to want to adopt them!

"Food Play" is great for all ages and I highly recommend it. I hope the authors are working on a sequel to give us yet many more reasons to laugh.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Food Play, January 9, 2007

By	Jean Townsend - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Great book for young children. The pictures are cute and fun to look at. I got this for my autistic son as he likes these Elffers and Freymann books.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Cheerful book!, March 28, 2007

By	C. Perkins (New Jersey) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This is so amazing! Each page made me smile! They are works of art!